I frequently have the problem where my laptop's screen is too dim prior to login and I can barely tell where my account or the mouse is. Is there a way to set the brightness to maximum on boot before ...

At present, I have a very simple bash script which calls osascript -e a bunch of times; it looks like this (newlines added for readability):
#!/bin/sh
osascript \
-e 'tell application "Terminal" to ...

I am using applescript on Yosemite to read out (say) unread notifications from the notification centre. The action is triggered on an arduino input.
While I can trigger the notification centre I am ...

So, recently I have being using the Character and Keyboard Viewer a fair bit and set up simple Alfred keywords that toggle the launch/quitting of these apps so as not to have to leave the keyboard.
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There is a contextual menu that allows user to search highlighted items with Google. I'd like to create a process that searches with YouTube with applesccript(automator). I tried doing something on ...

I have gone through and used some great code form the these forms for Adding content from mail to Excel using Applescript. I am nearly there but have one more question.
I have the following layout of ...

I'm creating a little script to allow quick changes to the network settings of my Mac. I have got it all working, but I wanted to be able to see what the settings are before I change them in the first ...

After updating my iTunes library to iCloud, the play count of some has been messed up. I was thinking of fixing the missing data by using an Apple Script loop.
The loop should scan the playcount of ...

I'd like to create an application shortcut to directly show the screen of my connected iOS device using Quick Time's "New Moview Recording" function.
I am already able to create an Automator script ...

I need to preface this with the statement that I am not a programmer, so I need to be talked down to. I have done what I described below using guides and lots of trial and error
I have a functioning ...

I want applescript to input into microsoft excel "No, (tab, tab again), Yes". I can't seem to make this work. I would preferably like it to start whenever I press a hotkey or something, but having to ...

Since scripting is not that powerful in case of Preview.app, I am trying to find the solution with Automator. Here's the problem:
I've got a protected pdf file of 130 pages. It happens that I can't ...

EDIT:
This is the working code for an AppleScript Automator service to encode (ffmpeg) a user selected file to a user selected directory, keeping the the original file name with a new extension.:
on ...

I'm trying to do something I thought would be simple, but after researching it I feel like I'm half way towards shaving a yak, so I'm asking for advice. I want to create a script that lets me and my ...

how can I use applescript to type in a specified area on the screen? I've tried the 'keystroke' command, but it doesn't seem to work. also, how can I use applescript to display an image? thanks a lot ...

Hi I would like to tell the application to click the Configuration button that has the value of 1 (top left)
I have locked the accessibility inspector on it, it has no title and I dont know which way ...

I'm working on an GUI scripting AppleScript that will, for the open FileMaker Pro Advanced document, go to the File menu and select the File Options dialog box, then set some checkbox/radio button and ...